Sponsor a Child

By choosing to sponsor a child, you can change a child's life from one of hardship and loneliness to one of hope and meaning. You have the opportunity to literally bring the love of Christ to a child in need.

Compassion's ministry to children in need is unique. Our Child Sponsorship Program is:

Church Based. Compassion is the only child sponsorship organization that works exclusively with local churches in the developing world.

Christ Centered. Our ministry gives every child in our program the opportunity to hear about Jesus Christ. Our church partners report that last year alone, more than 132,000 children committed to Christ because of our Child Sponsorship Program.

Child Focused. Each child has one sponsor, someone like you, who exchanges letters, photos and prayers and provides necessities like food, health care and educational opportunities.

Committed to Integrity. We're dedicated being good stewards of the gifts that are entrusted to us by our faithful donors. Compassion was founded in 1952. Currently, more than 824,642 people have chosen to sponsor a child through Compassion's Christian child sponsorship ministry.

Your support of about a dollar a day can change one child's life forever. When you sponsor a child, you can give a boy or girl in need:

Educational opportunities

Improved health care

Life-skills training

Sponsored children will also have the opportunity to follow Jesus Christ in faith and deed as part of their spiritual training.

Sponsoring a child through Compassion allows you to witness a miracle firsthand, following your child's growth as as he or she is nurtured to health, educated and exposed to the gospel of Jesus Christ. At Compassion, we say that nurturing a child, connecting that child to a local church and having someone like you in a child's life is the most strategic way to make a difference in the life of a child in need.

Each child deserves the hope of Jesus Christ. Will you give one child that blessing? Will you sponsor a child?

Give a child hope for the future and for all eternity. Sponsor a child today!

Have you ever waited … and waited … for a dream to come true? Hundreds of children on Compassion’s waiting list know the feeling all too well. When they wait month after month, many start to wonder why no one is choosing them. But you can tell a child, “I choose you!” End the wait for a child today.

Your tax-deductible contribution of just $38 a month connects a child living in poverty with a loving, church-based Child Sponsorship Program.

Your support provides:

Medical checkups, which often save lives

Nutritious food

Health and hygiene training

Educational assistance

Access to special services like surgeries and disaster relief

Mentoring to help children discover their incredible value as God’s children

Most important of all, your sponsored child will hear about Jesus Christ and be encouraged to develop a lifelong relationship with God.

When you sponsor a child, you'll receive your child's photo, personal story and a child sponsorship packet by mail in approximately 10 days.

When children find out they've been sponsored, the joy they feel is indescribable. Just knowing that someone across the globe cares means more than you can imagine. Sponsoring a child in need will profoundly change the future for your child, and will change your own life as well.

Financial Integrity

Compassion consistently receives high ratings for financial accountability and integrity.

Charity Navigator, America's largest charity evaluator, has awarded Compassion its highest rating — four stars — for 14 consecutive years, placing Compassion in the top 1 percent of all charities.